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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/205 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2003 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2016 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2038 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device including a fixing belt having a maximum curvature in a rotational direction of the fixing belt. The number of times the fixing belt is bent when a temperature of the fixing belt is equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature of the fixing belt surface material is controlled to operate within a specified range.